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Kenneth Gerald Berry and his wife, Anne Wakeford Berry, agreed to guilty pleas April 14 in exchange for reduced charges and avoiding a trial in a securities fraud case.

At the April 14 motions hearing, Ken Berry agreed to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud and one count of theft of $15,000 or more. The original indictment contained 18 total counts. Anne Berry agreed to plead guilty to one count of securities fraud. Three other counts were dismissed.

Bud Simon, 62, a longtime Evergreen resident known for his volunteer work in land conservation, died in the early hours of April 21 after an eight-month battle with cancer.

Simon was “hugely responsible” for protecting Noble Meadow at Highway 103 and Evergreen Parkway, said his friend and close associate Mike Strunk, a land conservation specialist with the Mountain Area Land Trust.

Simon also led the first master plan for Beaver Brook Watershed, which MALT helped to preserve.

A committee of volunteer firefighters is researching options and costs for a new training building behind the maintenance building at 1802 Bergen Parkway north of the Evergreen Fire/Rescue Administration Building.

Wayne Shephard, deputy chief of fire operations, unveiled a range of designs in a PowerPoint presentation at the regular meeting of the Evergreen Fire Protection District board on April 13 at the Administration Building.

Some Subaru owners are having trouble passing the Colorado air emissions tests during cold weather, but not when the weather gets warmer.

As a result, the state is advising motorists to wait for a warm day before they get a test, with temperatures in the mid-60s or higher. Otherwise, they could wind up seeking costly and unnecessary repairs. The problem is surfacing in 2010 because Subarus that were new in 2006 did not have to be tested for four years.

The special wastewater district includes Wah Keeney Park, Hiwan, The Ridge, Promontory and Bergen Park. West Jefferson County Metro District operates a wastewater treatment plant near the end of Lewis Ridge Road.

A manatee, two pandas and three tigers had some important words for young students at Montessori School of Evergreen.

“Make every day like Earth Day. Protect the planet.”

The animals — 18 in all — were sixth-graders at the school who created masks and gave Earth Day presentations on April 22. Their goal was to educate the students in kindergarten through third grade about animals that could face extinction and to motivate them to help the environment in some way, according to teacher Linda Engelhart.